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with no sense of criminality
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  • Þes bisceop sǽde... ꝥ hé nǽfre on his lífe ne cóme neáh wífe þurh hǽmedþing, ac heóld his clǽnnysse,

      Hml. S. 3, 204.

  • Mycel wundor hit wæs þæt þæt mǽden gebær cild þe nǽfre náhte þurh hǽmedþing weres gemánan,

      Wlfst. 15, 16.

  • Mæssepreóstas witan þæt hig nágon mid rihte þurh hǽmedþing wífes gemánan,

      269, 21 : Ll. Th. i. 306, 18.
of criminal intercourse
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  • Gif hwá nunnan mid hǽmedþinge (

    fornicationis causa

    ) on hire hrægl... gefó,
      Ll. Th. i. 72, 8.

  • Gif hwylc geong man hǽmedþing gewyrce bútan rihtum gesinscipe

    si juvenis quis absque legitimo conjugio fornicatus fuerit,

    ii.
      164, 23.

  • Be hǽmedþingam. Gif mon hǽme (

    fornicetur

    ), i.
      68, 8.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hǽmed-þing.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/51530.

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